DILLA

Interim Decision #2962 MATTER OF DILLA In Deportation Proceedings A-21290714 Decided by Board April 17, 1984 The Supreme Court of the United States has recently held that the 7 years' con- tinuous physical presence requirement of section 244(aX1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1254(a)(1) (1982), was meant by Congress to be adminis- tered as written; accordingly, in an application for suspension of deportation, an alien must establish, inter alia, that he has been physically present in the United States without interruption for a period of 7 years before he is statutorily…